Participants help paint a newly redesigned mural of President Obama across the street from The Breakfast Klub restaurant in Midtown. The mural's artist used a projector so volunteers can help trace the image. (Photo by Erin Mulvaney/Chronicle)

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub speaks to a member of the media in front of his building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Overnight, vandals threw paint on the Barack Obama mural, defacing it. Artist Reginald Adams got a text about 7am this morning and immediately white washed the wall. Plans are for another mural to go up in the next few weeks. Davis has a permit to carry a gun and says that by carrying the gun, it sends a message that just because people disagree with each other, they don't' have to resort to acts that will do harm. less

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub speaks to a member of the media in front of his building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Overnight, vandals threw paint on the ... more

Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub speaks to a member of the... Photo-4098435.50932 - NewsTimes

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub and Artist Reginald Adams look over the damage in front of his building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Overnight, vandals threw paint on the Barack Obama mural, defacing it. Adams got a text about 7am this morning and immediately white washed the wall. Plans are for another mural to go up in the next few weeks. Davis has a permit to carry a gun and says that by carrying the gun, it sends a message that just because people disagree with each other, they don't' have to resort to acts that will do harm. less

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub and Artist Reginald Adams look over the damage in front of his building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Overnight, vandals threw ... more

A mural of President Obama at the former Democratic Party headquarters in Houston was vandalized during the weekend. The painting was done in mid-October 2012 to cover another vandalized portrait of the U.S. leader. less

A mural of President Obama at the former Democratic Party headquarters in Houston was vandalized during the weekend. The painting was done in mid-October 2012 to cover another vandalized portrait of the U.S. ... more

Photo: Dale Lezon / Houston Chronicle

A mural of President Obama at the former Democratic Party... Photo-4097235.50932 - NewsTimes

Image 8 of 25

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub, walks by the area that was a mural of Barak Obama on The Breakfast Klub's building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Overnight, vandals threw paint on the mural, defacing it. Artist Reginald Adams got a text about 7am, and he then came over and white washed the wall. Plans are for another mural to go up in the next few weeks. Davis has a permit to carry a gun and says that by carrying the gun, it sends a message that just because people disagree with each other, they don't' have to resort to acts that will do harm. less

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub, walks by the area that was a mural of Barak Obama on The Breakfast Klub's building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Overnight, ... more

Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle

Marcus Davis, owner of The Breakfast Klub, walks by the area that... Photo-4098475.50932 - NewsTimes

Image 9 of 25

Artist Reginald Adams takes a photo in front of the white washed wall which formerly was his mural of Barack Obama on one of the The Breakfast Klub building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Overnight, vandals threw paint on the Barack Obama mural, defacing it. Adams got a text about 7am this morning and immediately white washed the wall. Plans are for another mural to go up in the next few weeks. less

Artist Reginald Adams takes a photo in front of the white washed wall which formerly was his mural of Barack Obama on one of the The Breakfast Klub building at the corner of Travis and Alabama, Monday, Jan. 28, ... more

Artist Reginald Adams tries to line up a projection used for the new Obama mural, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The previous mural, also the work of Adams, was defaced by vandals across from The Breakfast Klub restaurant in Midtown.

Artist Reginald Adams tries to line up a projection used for the new Obama mural, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The previous mural, also the work of Adams, was defaced by vandals across from The Breakfast Klub